Development finance

LendInvest strengthens leadership team

LendInvest Mortgages has promoted two senior executives to managing director roles as the fintech...

HTB appoints Alexia Evans as lending director to strengthen development finance team

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Alexia Evans as lending director within its development...

Assetz Capital backs Cairngorms industrial scheme with £1.94m loan

Assetz Capital has provided a £1.94 million funding package to support the development of...

Assetz Capital deploys £20m in two weeks as regional lending strategy gains momentum

Assetz Capital has marked a robust start to its financial year with £20m in...

Saffron for Intermediaries improves development finance offering and extends LTI

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced a wide-ranging refresh of its mortgage offering, with significant...

UTB supports £40m Canary Wharf Build-to-Rent development

United Trust Bank has agreed a £27.8m funding facility to support the delivery of...

HTB appoints Philip Gould as credit operations director

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Philip Gould as credit operations director. Gould (main picture)...

Demand surges and efficiency peaks in specialist lending, Brickflow data reveals

The first quarter of 2025 has seen a marked surge in activity across the...

Aldermore increases student accommodation developer’s facility to £58.5m

Aldermore Bank has provided an existing client, Kexgill Limited Group, with a further £11.2m...

Mortimer Street Capital completes £7.5m structured finance facility

Mortimer Street Capital (MSC) has arranged a new £4.1m development finance package, a £3.2m...

West One Loans passes major development finance lending mark

West One Loans has reached the milestone of £1 billion of lending within the...

Pivot provides complex multi-loan deal for Denby Dale development

Pivot has completed a funding package consisting of three loans for a residential development...

London Treasury partners with Pluto Finance to deliver affordable housing

London Treasury Liquidity Fund (LTLF) has announced a £30m investment into private real estate...

Alternative Bridging opens new NW office

Alternative Bridging Corporation has bolstered its presence in the North of England with the...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

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Equity Release Council hires Tracy Gorbutt-Powell for risk and policy role

The Equity Release Council has appointed Tracy Gorbutt-Powell as head of risk, policy and...

Together appoints Legal and General Surveying Services as valuation partner

Specialist lender Together has appointed Legal and General Surveying Services as a key valuation...

1.3 million households facing mortgage cost shock

Around 1.3 million additional UK households are now exposed to higher mortgage costs following...

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

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